Necktie



Feb. 23 1926. 1,574,322

N. A. wAHLQUlsT NECKTIE Filed Jan. 1e, 1924 the collar.

Patented Feb. 23, 1926.

NILs AUGUST wArILaUIs'r, on cHrCAGILLINoIs.

NE CKTIE Application mea January 16, 1924. semi No. 686.11.70.

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Be it known that I, NiLs AUGUST WVM-1L- Qtns'r, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Coolr, State of Illinois, have inventedA certain new and useful Improvements in Neckties, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof, l

"Ihe purpose of thisinvention is to provide a slip easy tie, that is, a tie which may be drawn between the folds of a collar with which it is to be worn without undue stress upon the tie and which may, therefore, be

r readily adjusted properly at the opening of the collar in the process, or after the process, of tying. It consists in the elementsand features of construction shown and described as indicated in the claims.

In the drawings y `Figure 1 is a view of a tie equipped with this invention showing the inner side thereof at the middle part of the` length where the devices which characterize the invention are mounted. o Y

Figure 2 1s a perspective -v1ew of one ofV the clips which characterizes the invention. Figure 3 is a section at the line 3 3 on Figure 2.

Figure Figure l. i

The body of the tie shown in the draw- Y ings is assumed to be made of fabric folded t is a section at the line 4 4 on and seamed in tubular or double ply forln and at the middle portion of its length where it is embraced between the folds of The means forl rendering the tie easy to slip between the folds of the collar by which itis embraced, consists of a plurality of clips, B, made of metal polished on the outer side, said clip being struck from sheet metal and desirably slightly convex on the outer polished side.

such clips from the suitable thin sheet metal is, in most cases, sul'licient for the purpose for which the convexity is desirable, whichv is to re luce to a minimum the area of contact of the clip with the collar band. These clips are provided with a plurality of tangs extending from the margin at the concave side Vfor penetrating the. `fabric of the tie The convexity which will normally result from striking y and being clinched therein or thereon.

These tangs, B1, are

acute-pointed, as seen at b1, and their acute terminals are desirably slightly flexed inward, as may be noted from Figure 2, so thatV when the tie is lodged upon a hard platen for receiving the clips, and the clips are appliedfor engaging their tang terminals with the inner side of the tie, are

struck for forcing the tangs intothe fabric of the tie and clmching, these tangs, are normally defiected inward 1n the proper d1rec `tion yfor clinching, andfwhen the tie is of two-plyk or tubular construction mentioned and shown, the inwardly curved acute terminals will usually be clinched between the two layers of the fabric, that is, against the inner side of the layer upon whichthey were applied, said layer beingat the inner side ef the tie, so that the tangs do not appear at all at the outerside of the tie.

I do not limitinyself to any specific form or contour for these clips; .but I have ascertained experimentally that lthe Inostdesirable form is oblong, rather than round or square and that Va re clip is preferableto dimensions more nearly equal.

latively narrow oblong rame aF1c-E`.f

one whichv has its two Also for the purpose of causing the tie to slip properly between the foldsof the collar and be drawn up into the fold rath er than vdown out of it,

theoblong clips shculd'be mounted on the tie. as shown in the drawings-#with the longer dimension obliquely crosswise at anV angle of about 45 degrees to the `length of the tie and sloping from lower toward the upper edge onward in the direction in which the tie is to be drawn through the collar,`

that is, in the` case upward and onward of a fourein-handtie, towardthe end of the tie which is first inserted and pulled for drawing the tie in place, this being what is commonly `referred to as a four-in-hand tie.

I claim:-

the shorter end of side, positioned at intervals over the. portion of the length of the tie which is to be embraced between the folds of the collar at `the rear portion thereof.

2.In the construct vclinched to the fabric of the tie at the inner ion as defined in claim v 1, foregoing, the clips being oblong With their longer dimension extending obliquely with respect to the length of the tie.

8. In the construct-ion defined in claim l, 5rforegoing, vthe Aclips, being" oblong. and

mounted on Vthe tie with their` 'longer Climenysion at an angle of substantially 45o, to the length of the tie und at the middle part of the width thereof.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto Set 10 my hand at Chicago, Illinois7 this 11th day oi: January, 192A.`

i MLS AUGUST WAHLQUIST. 

